Never realized that windows media player...

[FrustratedUser]

N00bs! I convert all my CDs to vinyl.

 

[kyparrish]

Originally posted by: Mrfrog840
mp3 all the way

haha...

mp3 192 kbps/cbr fo' life!

Seriously, my 5,000 songs are encoded this way, I'm not going to redo them all, plus now, I don't want to switch to a different format.

 

[GreenGhost]

So there is no consensus? iPod aside, any real disadvantage for wma's?

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
N00bs! I convert all my CDs to vinyl.

Psh, I convert mine to wax cylinders.

 

[gsellis]

The OP was playing them in WMP on a computer... OK, he could convert them to mp3 for portability, but that was not the goal. Stay close to loseless and you can reorg and write to disc without additional apps. Pretty simple.

 

[yosuke188]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
exact audio copy + lame ftw!

:thumbsup:

 

[randomlinh]

CDex + LAME IMO.. heh.. I wish you could do itunes+lame... it'd be perfect for quite a few ppl I know.

lossless.. i started to rip my collection to FLAC.. but then realized, I don't have the HD space and backup for it.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
N00bs! I convert all my CDs to vinyl.

Psh, I convert mine to wax cylinders.

Damn, I'm WAY behind.

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: kyparrish

Originally posted by: Mrfrog840
mp3 all the way

haha...

mp3 192 kbps/cbr fo' life!

Seriously, my 5,000 songs are encoded this way, I'm not going to redo them all, plus now, I don't want to switch to a different format.

you code in cbr... ok... w/ itunes?

 

[kyparrish]

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: kyparrish

Originally posted by: Mrfrog840
mp3 all the way

haha...

mp3 192 kbps/cbr fo' life!

Seriously, my 5,000 songs are encoded this way, I'm not going to redo them all, plus now, I don't want to switch to a different format.

you code in cbr... ok... w/ itunes?

yup. Maybe I should change my ways so future kyparrish doesn't hate 2005 kyparrish as much.

 

[SMOGZINN]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
N00bs! I convert all my CDs to vinyl.

Psh, I convert mine to wax cylinders.

Pha! I just taught midgets to follow me around and sing play them for me!

 

[funboy6942]

WMA even a 96 it still sounds really good and my little mp3/wma player and a 512mb card I can hold more music. So for me WMA is my fav.

 

[BW86]

Get a new hard drive and rip them in FLAC....Just convert them to mp3/ogg/wma to put them on an ipod or something.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: gsellis

Originally posted by: Kev

Originally posted by: ironcrotch
I just hope you didnt use WMA.

Yeah I hate using formats that sound better at lower bitrates

I want to hear the answer too as I was thinking what you posted.

Why would you want to rip at a lower bitrate anyway? It's not like hard drive space is expensive any more, and MP3s...gasp..play ANYWHERE, and I've never had an mp3 crash winamp, WMA however...

wma plays in everything i have except my ipod, which isn't a big deal, since i don't load music on the fly like i do with my rio + sdcard.

As for crashing, i've NEVER had wma crash.

 

[sswingle]

My car plays WMAs

 

[lokiju]

If you're a noob to ripping I'd suggest selecting MP3 in media player rip settings and at least a bit rate of 192 if not more.

 

[speg]

Originally posted by: jndietz
I still use mp3... I rip using CDEX and still sometimes rip to WAV and then convert using electronic cosmo's mpeg suite...

Maybe I'm just living in 2000 :roll:

Hey its a good system though! Then I library my folders so that they are:

X:\Music\Artist\CD Title\00 Track.mp3

Then I enjoy them all using iTunes

Why don't you just use iTunes from the start to rip & organize them?

And OP, how have you been listening to your music for the past 5 years? One CD at a time?

 

[kermalou]

itunes to me is the bestest

 

[Tbirdkid]

Not an ipod fanboy. I dont buy anything that is way over priced. Apple, is overpriced junk. It does what it says... but thats it. My mp3 player reads wma. That is what i ripped it to. I can fit more on it with wma than mp3 anyways. At least i think so. Not to mention, if i use it lossless, i can convert it to 128 and really get portability out of it.